Pct Jobs in Houston, PA

About The Position

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Meet applicable CMS-approved state and/or national certification requirements within the required state or CMS timeline.
• Meet any applicable state licensure, education, and training requirements.
• Demonstrate commitment to the organization’s culture, values, and customer service standards.
• Successfully complete the organization’s dialysis training program for continued employment.
• Successfully complete CPR certification for continued employment.
• Pass the Ishihara color blindness test as a condition of employment; failing the test does not automatically preclude employment, and reasonable accommodations may be considered.
• Ability to perform direct patient care involving frequent, prolonged standing, bending, heavy lifting and moving of patients, and assistance with ambulation.
• Ability to occasionally push or pull equipment with up to 15 pounds of force; frequently lift and lower solutions up to 30 pounds; and occasionally lift up to 40 pounds as high as five feet.

Nice To Haves

• Previous patient care experience in a hospital setting or related facility.

Responsibilities

• Assist health care team members with patient-specific education about adequacy measures, disease processes, and vascular access.
• Welcome assigned patients and ask about their wellbeing since their previous treatment.
• Evaluate vascular access patency, perform cannulation, and administer heparin as delegated or permitted by state law.
• Obtain and document pre- and post-treatment vital signs and weights, and evaluate vascular access before treatment.
• Initiate dialysis according to prescribed orders, including blood flow and dialysate flow settings.
• Calculate and enter prescribed dialysis machine programming, including ultrafiltration goal, treatment time, and ultrafiltration modeling.
• Ensure required safety alarms are enabled and observe patients while conducting machine safety checks according to facility policy.
• Monitor patients’ responses to dialysis, assess and intervene in intradialytic problems as prescribed or directed, and report significant changes or unusual findings to the registered nurse or supervisor.
• Perform and document treatment discontinuation procedures, including vital signs, reinfusion, hemostasis, dressings, and patient evaluation before discharge.
• Document treatment parameters, patient evaluations, interventions, responses, and other required information accurately and promptly in the appropriate records and clinical application.
• Monitor vascular access during treatment, including arterial and venous pressures, provide appropriate interventions, and report unusual findings.
• Obtain prescribed laboratory tests; prepare, label, store, and arrange collection of specimens according to laboratory requirements.
• Clean blood spills promptly with appropriate disinfectant and prepare, organize, and use supplies and equipment efficiently to prevent waste.
• Monitor patients performing self-care under RN supervision.
• Assist in training applicable direct patient care staff on appropriate programs under nurse supervision.
• Follow organizational business policies, procedures, systems, and ethical business practices.
• Maintain a safe and clean environment; clean and disinfect dialysis machines, chairs, equipment, and surrounding areas between treatments.
• Prepare dialysis equipment and perform required pretreatment machine alarm testing, including Pressure Holding Testing; initiate the Solution Delivery System.
• Participate in and document Continuous Quality Improvement activities.
• Review treatment sheets for completeness and ensure required nursing signatures and corrections are obtained from appropriate staff.
• Prepare initial patient charts and paperwork, print laboratory requisitions, and coordinate specimen collection by the appropriate laboratory courier.
• Assist with infection control audits, support staff and patient adherence to infection control practices, and reinforce infection control education under appropriate direction.
• Follow newly admitted patients through their first four weeks of dialysis and coordinate transitional dialysis care.
• Reinforce education and care information for new patients, liaise with facility staff to support the patient experience, and help ensure disciplines see patients according to plan.
• Help patients understand home dialysis products and benefits, treatment options, and peritoneal dialysis setup; assist with coordination of the transition to the patient’s chosen modality.
• Set up and perform treatments on machines used in the Transitional Care Unit and assist with its supply ordering and inventory.